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Update on Vitamin Nutrition of Dairy Cows
Vitamins are organic compounds needed in minute amounts that are essential for life and must be absorbed from the gastro-intestinal tract. Either the vitamin must be in the diet (dietary essential) or be synthesized by microorganisms in the digestive system and absorbed by the host animal. Currently there are 14 recognized vitamins but not all animals require all 14 vitamins (Table 1). When an ...
متن کاملInfluences of nutrition and metabolism on fertility of dairy cows
During early postpartum, high-producing dairy cows undergo a period of extensive tissue catabolism because of negative nutrient balance. Homeorrhetic controls assure that nutrients are partitioned to favor lactation at the same time that homeostasis secures survival. However, unrestrained metabolic disturbances often lead to diseases which, in turn, dramatically decrease both productive and rep...
متن کاملNutrition and fertility in dairy cows.
Introduction It is now widely recognised that reduced fertility in dairy herds is one of the most important factors affecting producer profitability. Roche (2006) has defined the effect of infertility on profitability as: (i) prolonged calving interval with fewer calves and less milk per cow; (ii) increased replacement costs; (iii) increased labour, semen and veterinary bills; and (iv) an exten...
متن کاملB-vitamin Nutrition in Dairy Cows
The B-vitamins include thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), the B6 complex (pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine), biotin (B8 or Vitamin H), folic acid (B9), and B12. Each of the B-vitamins plays a key role as either an enzymatic cofactor or metabolic constituent in many facets of intermediary metabolism. For example, about half of the propionate that reaches the ru...
متن کاملNutrition and Reproduction in Modern Dairy Cows
Genetic improvement programs have done a great job selecting animals with superior genetics for milk production. Selection with emphasis on milk production is generally recognized as the single most important objective of breeding programs in dairy cattle worldwide. As a result of this improvement, the dairy cow has changed significantly over the past 7 decades with a remarkable increase in mil...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0446-6454,2186-0211
DOI: 10.12935/jvma1951.12.451